2Nuenen and Paris

The early Dutch years with The Potato Eaters and the peasant studies, then the sudden brightening of the palette in Paris, with Japanese prints, portraits and the Montmartre pictures.

In This Area

The Potato Eaters

Vincent van Gogh, April to May 1885

Rietveld building, first floor (Nuenen)

Head of a Skeleton with a Burning Cigarette

Vincent van Gogh, January to February 1886

Rietveld building, first floor (Antwerp and Paris)

Courtesan (after Eisen)

Vincent van Gogh, October to November 1887

Rietveld building, first floor (Paris and Japanese prints)